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,....-..:....:..-. ',.) . ,_/ ,--...~ ~, /~ '.; ''''., ..,. j .r~ .: '--.--/ /i: , 4-1'1/ ORDINANCE NO. ~2.:~_ , , AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS AND EN- LARGING AND EXTENDING. THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF SAID CITY AND ANNEXING ADDITIONAL "tERRITORY LYING ADJACENT TO SAID CITY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE TERRITORY AND THE INHABIT,ANTS ANNEXEDi PR:OVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE AFTER ITS INITIAL INTtRODUCTION ,AND PASSAGE BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF SAID CITYi PROVIDING THAT ANY CITIZEN OF THE SAID CITY OR OF THE TERRITORY TO BE ANNEXED SHALl. HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTEST SUCH ANNEXATION 'AND B.E GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD i AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE. . . WHEREAS! Rnder apd by virtue of Section 21 Article 11751 of the Re- vised Civil Statutes of the. State of Texas" of 1925, as amended! and Section 10 . . of th.e Home;. Rule Chatter ot".' the City 0.1 La' Portet the said City is authorized .. . and e~powe~'ed to fix :the' bo.undary.limitsof said City, and to prOVide for the extension. of said boundny limits and t'h e annexation of additional territory ly- ing adjacent to said:CitYlwith or without the consent of the territory and the inhabitant~ annexedi'~nd WHEREAS," i.he City Commission of the City of La Porte! after due and , , careful consideration, dete~mined th~t the territory within the hereinafter de- . , scribed limitSt lying 'adjac~nt to the City "of La Portet is adaptable tOt and necessary for,. the ~~ono~ic~i a~d municipal .needf and growth of the City of La Portel ~~d should .be annexed to said City: NOWr'THEREFORE, R.E IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF . . LA PORTE, tEXAS, TH.AT: Secti~n I.~ T~e bound,ry li~its of the City of La Portet Texas. be en larged and. extended!' as herelnafter set outs so as to include within the bound- ary limits of said Ci~y all1that territory lying adjacent to said City within tbe following.~escribed li~itst without the consent'of the territory and the in- habitants annexed, to-wit: , All the ~erritory lyl-ng within the limits described as follows, to-wi 'Beginning. ~t' the.intersection of tle center line of West Madison Street (formerly known as North 8Dn Street) and the West right-of- :~ay line o~ North' Sec~n~ (2nd).Str~et~ .Thence in. ~ Northerly' direction along. ~heWest right-of-wa~ line of N(rth Second (2nd) Str.e~ to tht pOInt where the West lIne of 'said ;North'.Second (2ndLStreet p'rojected North intersects witb '~he North right-of-way line of the T&NO Railroad (also known as the GH&SA Railroad; , . 'Thence in it Nortbwesterly direction aJong the North right-of-way line of said T&NO Railroad to the point where the same intersects with theE!ist:bo~ndary line of the Town of Lomax! Texasi '. I Thence in'a Northerly'direction along the East boundary line of the Town of Lomax;it Texast to tbe Northeast corner of the said T own of Lomax; Thence in ~ Weste!ly d~rection along the Northernmost boundary line